Sudan: Hackers attacked a website close to the country’s security apparatus, the ‘Sudanese Media Centre’. (AFP)

AMERICAS

Brazil: The government said 26,000 armed personnel will be deployed to ensure public safety during the World Cup final at Rio’s Maracana stadium on Sunday. (Xinhua)

Mexico: An alleged leader of the Sinaloa cartel arrived in San Diego after being extradited to the US. (AFP)

United States: The federal government suspended its plan to send the San Diego area hundreds of the Central American migrants who have been flooding into Texas illegally. (Reuters)

ASIA

Region: Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that an Asian regional summit in Beijing this November would be a good opportunity for the leaders of Japan and China to hold their first talks. (AP)

Region: An Australian convert to Islam who publicly urged people via the internet to join “jihad” in Iraq and Syria was arrested in the Philippines. (AFP)

Afghanistan: President Karzai met with US Secretary Kerry in Kabul to discuss an impasse over the presidential election. (AFP)

China: Courts in Xinjiang sentenced 32 people to prison, three of them for life, for downloading and spreading violent Internet content. (AP)

EUROPE

Germany: FM Steinmeier said he will discuss a transatlantic spy row with US Secretary Kerry when both attend Iran nuclear talks in Vienna this weekend. (AFP)

Poland: PM Tusk clinched a second confidence vote in as many weeks after the country’s opposition sought to topple his center-right government. (AFP)

Ukraine: A new Amnesty International report highlighted the “hundreds” of abductions and incidents of torture by pro-Russian separatists and criticised the excessive force used by government forces. (AFP)

MIDDLE EAST

Region: US VP Biden and Jordanian King Abdullah II discussed the conflicts engulfing the Gaza Strip, Iraq and Syria. (Xinhua)

Iran: British Foreign Secretary Hague will travel to Vienna for talks over the country’s nuclear program. (AFP)